Ken Sacharczyk v. Westhampton, Town of - Office of the Town Clerk (SPR 20170896)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S Murray Supervisor of Records July 10, 2017 SPR171896 Cheryl A. Provost Administrative AssistantRecords Access Officer Town of Westhampton 7 South Road Westhampton, MA 0 1027 Dear Ms. Provost: I have received your petition on behalf of the Town of Westhampton (Town) seeking an extension of time to furnish copies of the requested record, or any portion thereof. G. L. c. 66 8 1O (c); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.06(4). Kenneth and Denise Sacharczyk (the Sacharczyks) requested all records pertaining to Old Jaws Auto Recycling and Westhampton Auto sales in the span of 20 years. Petitions for an extension of time Under the Public Records Law, upon a showing of good cause, the Supervisor of Records (Supervisor) may grant a single extension to an agency not to exceed 20 business days and a single extension to a municipality not to exceed 30 business days. In determining whether there has been a showing of good cause, the Supervisor shall consider, but shall not be limited to considering: (i) the need to search for, collect, segregate or examine records; (ii) the scope of redaction required to prevent unlawful disclosure; (iii) the capacity or the normal business hours of operation of the agency or municipality to produce the request without the extension; (iv) efforts undertaken by the agency or municipality in fulfilling the current request and previous requests; (v) whether the request, either individually or as part of a series of requests from the same requestor, is frivolous or intended to harass or intimidate the agency or municipality; and (vi) the public interest served by expeditious disclosure. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 (617) 727-2832. Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre pre@sec.state.ma.us